PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Checkerboard Approach Old HKG Video
View Single Post
Old 16th May 2011, 17:03
  #28 (permalink)  
JW411
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: UK
Age: 83
Posts: 3,788
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes on 3 Posts
Thanks for that; I think I have seen the video before a long time ago but it is still wonderful. I also love the CAVOK weather. I don't remember too much of that when I went to Kai Tak. I also loved seeing the old simulator technology.

The introduction of the IGS cut down the turn on to finals by about 40 degrees so it made life much easier.

Incidentally, we used to do crew-training at weekends (usually on a Saturday afternoon) when Kai Tak was relatively quiet, and we used to do "harbour circuits".

In other words, take-off on 13 and then turn immediately right before the island, fly down the harbour, Stonecutters, Chequerboard then touch and go. It saved a lot of time and was quite scenic.

Happy Daze.
JW411 is offline